UFC Atlanta Bonus Report: Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley earn FOTN honors

The Octagon returned to Georgia for tonight’s UFC Atlanta occasion, and 4 fighters wound up taking house efficiency bonuses.

This night’s struggle card was headlined by a extremely anticipated welterweight bout that includes Kamaru Usman taking up Joaquin Buckley. The competition proved to be a dominant displaying from the previous champion in Usman. Though Buckley was in a position to stuff some takedowns and land some heavy photographs within the ultimate spherical, it was far too little far too late for ‘New Mansa’. Kamaru Usman did numerous harm whereas working from high place on the ground within the opening 4 rounds and after 25-minutes it was clear that he had carried out greater than sufficient to earn his first victory since 2021.

UFC Atlanta was co-headlined by a girls’s flyweight contest between Rose Namajunas and Miranda Maverick. The bout resulted in a aggressive bout, however a knockdown within the third and ultimate spherical sealed the victory for the previous UFC champion in ‘Thug Rose’. With the win, Namajunas in now set for one more high contender struggle in her subsequent outing.

Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking house efficiency bonuses.

Combat of the evening: Welterweight fighters Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling conflict in tonight’s UFC Atlanta primary occasion. Usman in the end received the competition by unanimous determination.

Efficiency of the evening: Malcolm Wellmaker earned an additional $50k for his nasty second-round knockout victory over Kris Moutinho (see that right here).

Efficiency of the evening: Jose Ochoa pocketed an additional $50k for his second-round TKO victory over Cody Durden on this night’s preliminary struggle card (see that right here).

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